The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-11-25

fer the legislator. as take IL. Is 10 not
only run him along in this here kind OF
hand-to-mouth poverty, but TO kind OF
give him chance to accumulate pow
erty and have some saved up fer a
rainy day.
kin call to mind how he looked
when he come to this Territory pore
boy and took off his coat and went right
to work dealn' faro nights and earning
his bread by the sweat of sweat-board
daytimes for Tom Dillon. acrost from
the express office. And say he is not
clost man. He gives his money
where folks don't git on to 1t. He
don't git out the band when he goes to
do kind act, but kind of sneaks
around to people who are in need and
offers to match 'em fer the cigars.
"Hes Teller of generous impulses,
gentlemen. or at least so regard him,
and say here tonight that If his other
vitals was as big and warm as his
heart, he would live to deckerate the
graves of nations yet unborn.
Several people wept here and wiped
their noses on the awning l then sent
my maid around through the
audience with bucket full of Salt
Lake cider and dishpan full of dough-
nuts to restore good feeling. But
cannot forget how proud l was when 1
felt the hot tears and doughnut crumbs
of my fellow citizens raining down my
I back.
The band then played, "See the Con-
quering Hero Comes" and yielding to
the pressing demands of the populi, l
made few irrelevant, but low, pas
sionate remarks, as follows:
FELLOW. CITIZENS AND MEMBERS OF
THE BAND: We are not here, as l I'M
derstand it. solely to tickle our palates
with twisted doughnuts of our pamper.
ed and sin-cursed civil cation, but to
unite and give our best pledges once
more to the support of the best men.
In this teacup of foaming and imper-
vious cider from the Valley of the Jor-
dan drink to the success Of the best
men. Fellow-ciizens and members of
the band, we owe our fealty to the old
party. Let us cling to the old party as
long as there is any juice in it and
vote for It's candidates. Let us give
our SURFACES to men of advanced
thought who are loyal to their party.
but poor. Gentlemen, 1 am what
would be called poor. but brainy
man. When 1 am not otherwise en-
gagged, you always find me engaged in
thought love the excitement of fol-
lowing up an idea and tracing it up a
tree. 1t is great pleasure for me to fol-
low the red-hot trail of thought or
the intellectual spoor of an idea. But
do not allow this habit to interfere
with politics. Politics and thought are
radically different. Why should man
think himself weak on these political
matters when there are men who have
made it their business and life study to
do the thinking for the masses
This is my platform. I believe that
candidate should be poor. that he
should be thinker on other matters,
but leave political matters and nomina-
tons to professional political ganglia
and moulders Of primaries who have
given their lives and the inner coating
of their stomachs to the advancement
of political methods by which the old,
cumbersome and dangerous custom Of
defending our institutions with drawn
swoards may be superseded by the
modern and more attractive method of
doing SO with overdrawn salaries.
Fellow-citizens and members of the
band. in closing let me say that you
have seen me placed in the trying
position of postmaster for the past year.
For that length of time / have stood be-
tween you and the Government atWash-
ington. l have assisted In upholding
the strong arm of the Government, and
vet have not allowed 1t to crush you.
No man here tonight can say that l
have ever, by word or deed. revealed
outside the office the contents of a
postal card addressed to member Of
my own party or held back or obstruct-
ed the progress of new and startling
seeds sent by the representative from
the Agricultural Department l am in
favor of a full and free interchange OF
interstate red-eyed and pale beans. and
favor the early advancement and